Syria’s defenses were put on high alert.

Citing Syrian military sources, the Russian army reported that its seagulls were on high alert around Damascus and military bases. In a statement made an hour before the start of Iran’s retaliatory operation against the regime, Israeli media and army spokesman claimed that Iran was carrying out operations with unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles against the occupied Palestinian territories and expected to reach Israeli airspace within a few hours. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement confirming the start of retaliatory operations against Israel in response to its attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Iraq, then Jordan and the Israeli regime announced that they had temporarily closed their airspace. Zionists announced that for the first time there were no planes over occupied Palestine.